@George: tight and consistent, sure. But "tight" in this case just amounted to "Cliff's notes plot points"-- mom was abused, escaped, went to school, got cancer, died, brother didn't know how to deal with it, Cheryl became an addict-- all of which we've seen a billion times before. WILD, to me, didn't add any unique perspective on any of it. It was just a recitation of "family tragedy" tropes.